Poshdeluxe

it was a wonderful night (in white).

so, it all started with this r. kelly video (i know, a lot of stories begin this way).

in the video for “step in the name of love,” r. throws a posh boat party with everyone in white. now, i’m sure ALL of you know every single word to “remix to ignition” but you might not be so familiar with the more classy tune of “step.” here’s a screen shot from the video to give you an idea:

like i said, classy. especially that chick’s dress.

anyway, henri and i saw this video a billion times during the “r. kelly sing-along” and thought, “whoah. why have we never done this before?!!!” i mean, i think it’s a natural reaction when you see a yacht full of beautiful people in a music video. plus, henri wants to start a new movement called “dance parties everywhere,” in which we have dance parties… everywhere. obvs.

so we decided to rent a boat on lake travis and invite loads of people who were willing to wear all white and get ridiculous.

turns out there’s a lot of people like that out there:

my parents were right– austin is full of cray crays.

speaking of, meet yr host and hostess:

YAY!! we’re going to PROM!!!!! SENIORS RULE!!!

and that’s right, we match… YES on purpose.

and actually everyone matched. in both clothing and attitude:

even though matt’s suit was kinda more beige than white, we let him on the boat cos he looked so suave. plus he had a huge bottle of whiskey (as pictured). and major props to carter for his members only jacket. that is a sweet piece of clothing.

lots of the ladies in the r. kelly video wore bootie shorts. but michael was the only one that did it at our party:

that is, until whitney started walking around in her bathing suit bottoms.

ANYWAY

given that many r&b stars adore sports, fritz and christian went for the more athletic look:

now i call that DEAD SEXY.

the posh pants award goes to jeff and sunni, for looking classy and sassy (and yes, that is a woman’s blouse that jeff is wearing. it had rhinestone buttons– major points!!!):

david, our jolly and ruddy-faced captain, switched his salmon-colored (”not pink!”) shirt for a white chef’s top so he, too, could step in the name of love:

(he said that a hula girl was supposed to pop out of the pineapple but it never happened)

speaking of love, there was a whole lot of it on the boat:

as it got darker, things got sillier:

after a while, i stopped noticing that everyone was in white. it became normal, like the lack of brown people on the west side of I-35. but then a boat would pass and everyone would stare at us. i can see why:

we probably looked like some hipster polyphonic spree video.

i don’t know what to say about this picture. but i’m sure you have some ideas:

it didn’t take long for a dance party to begin…

kc is my dancing queen. seriously, that girl knows how to shake her groove thang.

and you gotta watch out for meredith, cos she will TAKE. YOU. DOWN:

at parties, i like kissing people on the cheek, just to show my adoration. i think i kissed jessica about 20 times:

[photo courtesy of the lovely miss beck]

when meredith and henri get together, sternums get broken (i’m not kidding):

so, i can’t tell if r. kelly would think our party was off the chain or if we were off our rockers:

(double whoah)

and actually, do i really care about the opinion of a man who writes r&b operas about midgets and rubbers?

still, i think this might have been the best, most dazzlingly white party lake travis has ever seen. and henri and i managed to achieve our dream. i mean, look!!!:

i mean, except for the whole caucasian part.

and now you know why so many people on myspace are suddenly wearing white in their profile pics. and for even more, v. white photos, go here.

any suggestions for the next party?